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New Release and Giveaway! THE HELPING HEART by Annie M. Ballard (Sisters of Stella Mare #4)

Published by beckymmoe on 03/18/2024

The Helping Heartby Annie M. Ballard(Sisters of Stella Mare #4)Publication date: March 15th 2024Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Women’s Fiction Helen comes home and everything should be wonderful. Even if she’s returning due to a divorce. But there is more… The Madison sisters, once close, are suddenly alienated as oldest Helen returns to Stella Mare. Her desire to help everyone includes keeping them at a distance, so her own secrets stay private. Her plan backfires, making her persona non grata and upsetting her father. To keep the peace with Dad, she suggests a group activity: the four sisters will hike the Fundy Footpath, an iconic and challenging backpacking…

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New Release Review! SHOULD I TELL YOU? by Jill Mansell

Published by beckymmoe on 07/08/2022

Amber, Lachlan and Raffaele met as teenagers in the Cornish seaside home of kind-hearted foster parents. Years on, the bond between them is unbreakable But Amber has a secret. She’s in love with Lachlan. She can’t tell him, because that would never work – he’s definitely not the settling-down type. Surely it’s better to keep him as a friend than to risk losing him for good? Raffaele has his own dilemma. He had the dream girlfriend in Vee, until it all went horribly wrong . . . and he still can’t understand why. Is Vee hiding something from him? Now…

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New Release and Giveaway! SECRET LIFE OF A HOLLYWOOD SEX AND LOVE ADDICT by Brianne Davis

Published by beckymmoe on 03/12/2021

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the SECRET LIFE OF A HOLLYWOOD SEX & LOVE ADDICT by Brianne Davis Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Title: SECRET LIFE OF A HOLLYWOOD SEX & LOVE ADDICTAuthor: Brianne DavisPub. Date: February 12, 2021Publisher: Just B ProductionsFormats: Paperback, eBookPages: 312 Imagine if Sex and the City’s Samantha discovered she was an addict and her drug of choice was MEN. Go on a hilarious, inspiring, and at times, shocking journey as Roxanne conquers her fears, changes her ways, gets closer to healthy relationships and begins loving herself a little…

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New Release Review! THE BITTER AND SWEET OF CHERRY SEASON by Molly Fader

Published by beckymmoe on 06/20/2020

Three generations of women come together at the family orchard to face secrets from the past and learn to believe in the power of hope and forgiveness. In cherry season, anything is possible… Everything Hope knows about the Orchard House is from the stories of her late mother. So when she arrives at the northern Michigan family estate late one night with a terrible secret and her ten-year-old daughter in tow, she’s not sure if she’ll be welcomed or turned away with a shotgun by the aunt she has never met. Hope’s aunt Peg has lived in the Orchard House…

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Q&A and Giveaway with Bestselling Author Jamie Beck, Author of IF YOU MUST KNOW by Jamie Beck (Potomac Point #1)

Published by beckymmoe on 06/01/2020

How do you describe your newest novel If You Must Know? This book is a “beach book” in the best sense. It’s not angsty, yet it has a page-turning plot and a bunch of interesting, relatable characters. I think it’s entertaining and heartfelt at the same time, which is exactly what many enjoy reading while on vacation. What inspired the novel? The external plot came to me as a result of the influence of two people in my life. My dear friend’s husband is a forensic accountant, so some of his stories about how people hide money and flee their…

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New Release Review! A DAY IN THE DEATH OF WALTER ZAWISLAK by Molly O’Keefe

Published by beckymmoe on 01/05/2020

If, at the end of your life, you got to pick one day to relive, what day would you pick? Walter Zawislak wants none of it. Not a day to relive, not a trip down memory lane through a life he wasted. His wife, Rosie, died twenty years ago, and without her he hasn’t done much living. So if it’s lights out for him, then just turn them off already and let him get some peace and quiet. But Peter, the mysterious young man in charge of Walter’s afterlife, isn’t listening to Walter. In Peter’s eyes there is beauty in…

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Cover Reveal and Giveaway! DEAR CAROLINA by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Published by beckymmoe on 09/16/2014

I love this cover! And the story sounds really good too 😉 Dear Carolina by Kristy Woodson Harvey Published by: Berkley Publication date: May 5th 2015 Genres: Adult, Contemporary Synopsis: One baby girl. Two strong Southern women. And the most difficult decision they’ll ever make. Frances “Khaki” Mason has it all: a thriving interior design career, a loving husband and son, homes in North Carolina and Manhattan—everything except the second child she has always wanted. Jodi, her husband’s nineteen-year-old cousin, is fresh out of rehab, pregnant, and alone. Although the two women couldn’t seem more different, they forge a lifelong connection as Khaki reaches…

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Balancing the Mafia: A Guest Post (and giveaway) from AN Latro, Author of BLACK COLLAR EMPIRE

Published by beckymmoe on 08/29/2014

One of our quilt night guilty pleasures was watching The Sopranos, so I can relate… Balancing the Mafia I like the mafia. And by like, I mean, love. I remember watching old gangster movies with my brothers growing up and thinking that—for all their vice and corruption—they were fun. They didn’t live like the rest of us, which fascinated me. It was a natural progression to move into writing about the mafia. (Although. Fun fact: mafia is never used in the Black Collar Syndicate series) Writing about the Morgan family, with all that it entailed, was fun. And it was…

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Author C. Lee McKenzie (DOUBLE NEGATIVE) Answers the Ubiquitous Question “Where Do Stories Come From?” (with a giveaway!)

Published by beckymmoe on 08/23/2014

A new YA contemporary! Where Do Stories Come From? C. Lee McKenzie   Someone at a book signing recently asked me where I came up with the stories I’ve written and what my process was for getting those stories out of my head and onto the page. The short answer would have been, “Don’t ask me.” But I’m not into short answers, so I gave the question some thought and here’s what I’ve come up with. Stories come like clouds, usually when I least expect them and usually when I’m attending to other things, like brushing burrs out of my…

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Review: ATTACHMENTS by Rainbow Rowell

Published by beckymmoe on 08/09/2014

Beware the bad guy from Tron! He might be reading your emails…   Blurb: “Hi, I’m the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . “Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It’s company policy.) But they can’t quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.Meanwhile, Lincoln O’Neill can’t believe this is his job now- reading other people’s e-mail. When he applied to be “internet security officer,”…

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